List of J2 League football transfers summer 2018

This is a list of Japanese football J1 League transfers in the summer transfer window 2018 by club.

Ventforet Kofu

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	FW	BRA	Diego (on loan from Internacional)^[1]
15	MF	BRA	Ferrugem (from Centro Sportivo Alagoano)
30	DF	JPN	Kohei Shimizu (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)
44	MF	JPN	Takayuki Seto (from Astra Giurgiu)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	BRA	Dinei (to Matsumoto Yamaga)
10	FW	BRA	Lins (on loan to FC Tokyo)

Albirex Niigata

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	FW	BRA	Jonathan Reis (from Consadole Sapporo)^[2]
13	MF	JPN	Yohei Kajiyama (on loan from FC Tokyo)
18	MF	JPN	Ryoma Watanabe (from FC Ingolstadt 04)
32	MF	BRA	Cauê (on loan from Omiya Ardija)^[3]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	MF	JPN	Ryota Isomura (to V-Varen Nagasaki)
7	FW	BRA	Rony (to Atlético Paranaense)
20	MF	JPN	Go Hayama (on loan to Tochigi SC)
21	GK	JPN	Yasuhiro Watanabe (on loan to Vonds Ichihara)^[4]
25	DF	JPN	Takumi Hasegawa (on loan to Thespakusatsu Gunma)
27	FW	BRA	Bruno Meneghel (to Yokohama FC)

Omiya Ardija

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	MF	MKD	David Babunski (from Yokohama F. Marinos)^[5]
50	DF	JPN	Hiroto Hatao (on loan from Nagoya Grampus)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	BRA	Cauê (on loan to Albirex Niigata)

Avispa Fukuoka

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	DF	JPN	Taiyo Koga (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol)
29	DF	JPN	Kazunori Yoshimoto (on loan from FC Tokyo)
35	FW	BRA	Léo Mineiro (from Coimbra EC)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	JPN	Yu Tamura (to Montedio Yamagata)
9	FW	BRA	Tulio De Melo (released)
20	FW	BRA	Euller (released)

Tokyo Verdy

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	JPN	Yuki Kagawa (on loan from V-Varen Nagasaki)
6	MF	JPN	Jin Izumisawa (on loan from Gamba Osaka)
10	FW	BRA	Leandro (from Vissel Kobe)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	JPN	Shinnosuke Hatanaka (to Yokohama F. Marinos)
14	MF	JPN	Naoto Sawai (on loan to AC Ajaccio)^[6]
22	FW	ESP	Carlos Martínez (to Hércules CF)
26	FW	JPN	Kazuma Takai (to Renofa Yamaguchi)

JEF United Chiba

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	JPN	Kohei Kudo (from Matsumoto Yamaga)
49	DF	JPN	Takumi Shimohira (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos)^[7]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	DF	JPN	Jun Okano (on loan to Oita Trinita)
27	DF	JPN	Toshiya Takagi (to Kashiwa Reysol)

Tokushima Vortis

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Taku Akahoshi (on loan from Sagan Tosu)^[8]
26	FW	ESP	David Barral (from Cádiz CF)
36	FW	JPN	Genta Omotehara (on loan from Shonan Bellmare)
40	GK	JPN	Kenshin Yoshimaru (on loan from Vissel Kobe)
47	FW	JPN	Yuki Oshitani (from Nagoya Grampus)
50	FW	NGA	Peter Utaka (from Vejle Boldklub)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CRC	Danny Carvajal (back to Albacete, end of loan)
3	DF	JPN	Leo Osaki (to Vissel Kobe)
9	FW	BRA	Nathan Júnior (released)
11	MF	JPN	Yatsunori Shimaya (to Sagan Tosu)
17	FW	JPN	Ryogo Yamasaki (to Shonan Bellmare)
19	FW	JPN	Takuma Sonoda (on loan to Kagoshima United FC)
27	DF	JPN	Yuki Omoto (to V-Varen Nagasaki)
—	FW	ARG	Nicolás Orsini (to Club Atlético Sarmiento, back from loan from Sportivo Luqueño)

Matsumoto Yamaga

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	DF	SGP	Anders Aplin (on loan from Geylang International FC)^[9]
49	FW	BRA	Dinei (from Ventforet Kofu)
50	DF	JPN	Tomoki Imai (from Kashiwa Reysol)^[10]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	MF	JPN	Kohei Kudo (to JEF United Chiba)
25	MF	JPN	Naoki Maeda (to Nagoya Grampus)
35	DF	JPN	Daiki Morimoto (on loan to SC Sagamihara)

Oita Trinita

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	BRA	Willian Magrão (from Red Bull Brasil)^[11]
16	DF	JPN	Jun Okano (on loan from JEF United Chiba)^[12]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	JPN	Akira Takeuchi (on loan to Kamatamare Sanuki)
16	DF	KOR	Lim Seung-gyeom (to Nagoya Grampus, end of loan)

Yokohama FC

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	JPN	Masakazu Tashiro (on loan from V-Varen Nagasaki)
15	FW	JPN	Yuki Nakayama (on loan to Kagoshima United FC)
23	FW	BRA	Bruno Meneghel (on loan from Albirex Niigata)
39	FW	JPN	Yuji Senuma (from Montedio Yamagata)^[13]
43	FW	JPN	Koki Saito (promoted from youth ranks)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	KOR	Jeong Chung-geun (on loan to Fagiano Okayama)

Montedio Yamagata

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
38	DF	JPN	Yu Tamura (from Avispa Fukuoka)
42	MF	JPN	Jumpei Kusukami (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)
49	MF	JPN	Kenta Uchida (on loan from Nagoya Grampus)
50	FW	BRA	Bruno Lopes (from Kelantan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	JPN	Rikiya Motegi (to Urawa Red Diamonds, end of loan)
10	FW	JPN	Yuji Senuma (to Yokohama FC)

Kyoto Sanga

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	BRA	Kaio (from Yunnan Flying Tigers)
23	FW	JPN	Goshi Okubo (on loan from PTT Rayong F.C.)
31	MF	BRA	Juninho (on loan from FC Osaka)
37	DF	CHN	Wu Shao Cong (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)
38	DF	JPN	Kyohei Kuroki (on loan from Kagoshima United FC)
41	MF	JPN	Jun Kanakubo (from Vegalta Sendai)
44	MF	JPN	Yoshihiro Shoji (on loan from Vegalta Sendai)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	MF	URU	Matías Caseras (to Plaza Colonia, end of loan)
10	FW	JPN	Sergio Escudero (on loan to Ulsan Hyundai)
16	FW	JPN	Daiki Numa (on loan to Tegevajaro Miyazaki)^[14]
20	MF	BRA	Alexandre (to Metropolitano, end of loan)
25	MF	JPN	Kota Ogino (on loan to Tegevajaro Miyazaki)^[15]

Fagiano Okayama

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
37	MF	KOR	Jeong Chung-geun (on loan from Yokohama FC)
39	DF	JPN	Soya Takahashi (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	JPN	Yoshiki Fujimoto (on loan to Ehime FC)

Mito HollyHock

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	MF	JPN	Shunsuke Motegi (on loan from Vegalta Sendai)
29	GK	CRC	Danny Carvajal (from Albacete)^[16]
30	GK	JPN	Ko Shimura (on loan from Jubilo Iwata)
47	FW	BRA	Jô (on loan from Linense)^[17]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	JPN	Ryo Toyama (on loan to Blaublitz Akita)
30	GK	JPN	Ko Shimura (to Jubilo Iwata, end of loan)
39	MF	JPN	Ryuya Motoda (on loan to Vanraure Hachinohe)
40	GK	JPN	Yuto Koizumi (on loan to Grulla Morioka)

Ehime FC

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	JPN	Yoshiki Fujimoto (on loan from Fagiano Okayama)
30	MF	JPN	Woo Sang-ho (on loan from FC Gifu)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Machida Zelvia

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	MF	JPN	Hirofumi Yamauchi (on loan from Cerezo Osaka)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Zweigen Kanazawa

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	JPN	Tatsushi Koyanagi (on loan to Thespakusatsu Gunma)^[18]
30	FW	JPN	Masato Yamazaki (on loan to Thespakusatsu Gunma)^[19]

FC Gifu

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
33	FW	BRA	Michael (from Alagoinhas Atlético Clube)^[20]
34	DF	JPN	Fumitaka Kitatani (on loan from V-Varen Nagasaki)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	FW	JPN	Kyogo Furuhashi (to Vissel Kobe)
20	MF	JPN	Woo Sang-ho (on loan to Ehime FC)

Kamatamare Sanuki

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	MF	JPN	Hideo Tanaka (on loan from Tegevajaro Miyazaki)
30	DF	JPN	Akira Takeuchi (on loan from Oita Trinita)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	DF	JPN	Tomoya Hayashi (on loan to Kōchi United SC)

Renofa Yamaguchi

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	BRA	Julinho (on loan from Consadole Sapporo)^[21]
35	MF	BRA	Washington (from Nagoya Grampus)
50	FW	JPN	Kazuma Takai (from Tokyo Verdy)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	FW	JPN	Kosuke Onose (to Gamba Osaka)^[22]
22	DF	BRA	Gerson Vieira (to Atlético de Kolkata)

Roasso Kumamoto

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
45	MF	JPN	Tomonobu Yokoyama (on loan from Consadole Sapporo)
50	MF	JPN	Koki Mizuno (on loan from Sagan Tosu)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Tochigi SC

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	JPN	Go Hayama (on loan from Albirex Niigata)^[23]
41	MF	JPN	Yuki Nishiya (from TuS Erndtebrück)
42	DF	BRA	Paulão (free agent)
49	FW	BRA	Alex (on loan from Kagoshima United FC)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	MF	JPN	Ren Sengoku (on loan to Gainare Tottori)
21	MF	JPN	Taku Ushinohama (on loan to Kagoshima United FC)
20	DF	BRA	Diogo Ferreira (released)
25	FW	SVN	Nejc Pečnik (released)^[24]

References

[1] "ジエゴ選手インテルナシオナルより期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ".

[2] "北海道コンサドーレ札幌からヘイス選手移籍加入内定のお知らせ".

[3] "新潟にカウエ加入大宮から期限付き移籍 - サッカー - SANSPO.COM（サンスポ）". www.sanspo.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-16.

[4] "渡辺泰広選手市民クラブVonds市原に期限付き移籍内定のお知らせ".

[5] "横浜FMと契約解除のバブンスキー、J2大宮へ加入「興奮と野心を持って」 | Goal.com".

[6] "澤井直人選手期限付き移籍のお知らせ | 東京ヴェルディ / Tokyo Verdy".

[7] "下平匠選手加入のお知らせ | トップチーム | 2018.08 | 新着情報｜ジェフユナイテッド市原・千葉公式ウェブサイト".

[8] "赤星拓選手期限付き移籍にて加入決定のお知らせ".

[9] "J初のシンガポール人選手が誕生！松本がDFアンダース・アプリンを期限付き移籍で獲得 | Goal.com".

[10] "今井智基選手完全移籍加入のお知らせ". 14 August 2018.

[11] "ウイリアンエンリケアントゥネス選手新加入のお知らせ|大分トリニータ公式サイト". 3 August 2018.

[12] "【Ｊリーグ】Ｊ２大分に岡野洵が加入Ｊ２千葉から期限付き移籍 - 産経ニュース". www.sankei.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-27.

[13] "FW瀬沼優司選手モンテディオ山形より完全移籍加入のお知らせ | 横浜FCオフィシャルホームページ". www.yokohamafc.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-26.

[14] "沼大希選手テゲバジャーロ宮崎へ期限付き移籍のお知らせ".

[15] "京都Df荻野広大、Jflの宮崎に期限付き移籍…今季は公式戦の出番なし｜ニフティニュース". news.nifty.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-13.

[16] "水戸、前徳島のGkカルバハルが完全移籍加入…今季はJ2で7試合に出場".

[17] "ニュース一覧". 26 August 2020.

[18] "小柳達司選手ザスパクサツ群馬へ期限付き移籍決定のお知らせ".

[19] "山﨑雅人選手ザスパクサツ群馬へ期限付き移籍決定のお知らせ".

[20] ttps://www.fc-gifu.com/news_information/33647.html

[21] "ジュリーニョ選手北海道コンサドーレ札幌より期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ | レノファ山口Fc". 13 August 2018.

[22] "低迷するG大阪、レノファ山口から小野瀬康介を獲得…今季は25試合10ゴール | Goal.com".

[23] "ニュース｜栃木サッカークラブ公式サイト【栃木Sc】".

[24] "ニュース｜栃木サッカークラブ公式サイト【栃木Sc】".

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